Chapter 62

I did not stop to inquire how or on what ground such a view had formed, but I threw back the lower sashes of all the windows, and pulled the upper ones down, and opened the door, and stood waiting a little, a few seconds made a palpable change as thick black smoke began to rise from the windows, and then the lights began Getting stronger and I could see the room.

But the shock was that all the men in the room were overpowered. Beside the couch where the doctor was standing I looked over. Dr. Winchester was lying on his back as if he had sunk into the floor and rolled over; And on the other side of the coffin, where Mr. Trelawney and Mr. Corbeck were standing, also a close sight, for they had fallen to the ground with the masks not on their faces, though it was a relief to me to see that, though they were unconscious, the three were breathing with difficulty, as if in a daze. .

I looked over to where Margaret was still standing behind the sofa, she seemed at first partly